LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON FROM THE FRENCH COURT
[HAMILTON
(Sir William, 1730-1803, Diplomatist & Archaeologist, Husband of Emma Hamilton)]
Letter in French with translation, on behalf of the Ambassador for France
saying that he “will gladly forward to him the letter that Monsieur d’Hamilton has kindly recommended to him; and he would sincerely desire to find more essential opportunities to express to Monsieur and Madame all the respect and attachment he has shown them since the happy moment that brought him the honour of being known to them. The Ambassador instructs me to present his respects to Madame d’Hamilton and to convey a thousand compliments on his behalf to Monsieur...”, 1 side 8vo., with autograph
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43552
£125
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HENRY
(Duke of Gloucester, 1900-1974, Officer in the 10th Hussars, Marshall of the RAF, Governor General of Australia, Uncle of Elizabeth II)
Early Autograph Letter Signed ‘Henry’ to Mrs Mackay,
(Mrs McKay, housekeeper at York Cottage) thanking her “so very much for your telegram and wishes. It was so very kind of you to remember my birthday...” 1 side 8vo., with original autograph envelope signed with initial ‘H’, Buckingham Palace headed paper, 2nd April
Item Date:
1917
Stock No:
43511
£75
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HOLROYD
(Sir Michael de Courcy Fraser, born 1935, Author and Biographer
Autograph Postcard Signed to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) saying that “this, I think, explains all. Delighted you can come. We look forward to seeing you there. Don’t forget your black tie...” and telling her that “Harry & Sheila Keating are also coming...”, 2 sides Margaret Drabble headed postcard, no place, no date
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0
Stock No:
43527
£25
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KEATING
(Henry Reymond Fitzwalter, 1926-2011, Crime Fiction Writer best know for his series of novels featuring Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID)
Long Autograph Letter Signed ‘Harry’ to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) saying “what a delightful book it is... especially appropriate too, since it echoes all sorts of things from the first years of my seventy. Your mother reading GKC’s The Donkey: I won an ‘elocution’ prize reciting that... let alone much later on a horse-drawn caravan holiday in Ireland (didn’t, sorry, get on very well with the horse) actually seeing the lake Isle and setting off to swim to it, only to realise suddenly that all the children would be left orphans on the bank if in the chill water we got into difficulties. So a thousand thanks for recalling my life in yours and your sisters... you’re the best writer by a wide margin...”, 2 sides A4, 35 Northumberland Place with his letterhead of a. magnifying glass and a fingerprint, 8th November
Item Date:
1996
Stock No:
43536
£145
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KING
(Francis Henry, 1923-2011, Novelist, Poet and Short Story Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Josephine” PULLEIN-THOMPSON,
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) thanking her for her “sweet letter of condolence. My mother had such a long, full & (on balance) happy life that I tell myself that it is foolish to grieve for her. But these have been sad days. I hope you had a pleasant stay in Chilham. I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Party if not before...”, 1 side folio with a heading showing an illustration from ‘Oriental Memoirs’ by James Forbes, “A Gracia Chieftain or Rajah, with his Suarree or usual attendants from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert”, no place, 4th January
Item Date:
1993
Stock No:
43521
£75
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